Question

Is it possible to have a defined function as a handler to jQuery’s $(document).ready() instead of anonymous function ?

I’ve done several experiments but to no avail. One of them is here : http://pastebin.com/XHKPc879.

Answer 1

Sure, a regular function is a function just like an anonymous one is.

Here’s a working fiddle.

In your example, you’re actually calling the function and passing its return value to the document read, because you have the closing () on it. Leave those off, and it should work.

Of course, if you call a function that returns a function, that works too.

EDIT

First link:

function foo() {
    alert("ohai!");
}

$(document).ready(foo);

Second link:

function fooGen() {
    return function() {
        alert("kthxbai!");
    };
}

$(document).ready(fooGen());